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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 02:23 PM
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FLASHBACK : Reeps complain about Bill Clinton's (Foreign!) Travel :
October 16, 1998
Clinton Set to Double Presidential Travel Record
He's Already Set Records for Trips, Days, and Pace of Overseas Travel
Many people have wondered: What will be President Clinton's legacy? How will history remember him? Considering his foreign travel record, Clinton is likely to be better remembered by geography than by history. He already holds every presidential record for international travel -- despite being not yet midway through his second term. Likely, by year's end he (in six years) will have fully doubled the presidential foreign travel record.

When Bill Clinton was running for office in 1992, he attacked President Bush for being the "foreign policy president," but since then, President Clinton has become the "foreign travel president" . Even using a conservative count:

Clinton holds the record for:

Foreign trips by a U.S. president: 32

Days abroad: 154

Rate of foreign travel: 27 days per year

http://www.senate.gov/~rpc/releases/1998/travel3.htm

LOL!
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noahmijo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 02:25 PM
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1. How many times was Clinton booed when he landed in other countries?
Shit even a buddy of mine from Pakistan said that they would all cheer the then President's arrival.

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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 02:26 PM
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2. He was making friends for us. Not biking & boozing on vacation.
Big difference.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 02:29 PM
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3. Best as I can remember
The Big Dawg was loved where ever he went and for what it's worth he still is.
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 02:30 PM
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4. Oh for those days
we didn't truly realize how good it was.
Now * can't travel to a foreign city without the streets being cleared and people told to stay inside.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 02:33 PM
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5. and with jack-booted thugs on every roof top
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 02:35 PM
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6. Oh, I miss the days of peace and prosperity.
Things can change within the snap of a finger.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 02:46 PM
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7. i want my peace dividend back
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